Elike Nkansa: Architect turned fashion designer

<p><em>This article was first published in my column &ldquo;Celebrating Entrepreneurship&rsquo; in Graphic Business on Tuesday, June 2, 2015</em></p> <p>There can&rsquo;t be many people in Ghana &mdash; or even the world &mdash; who spent several years at university studying architecture only to give it all up to become a fashion designer.</p> <p>But that is what Elike Nkansa did, defying his parents&rsquo; wishes in the process. Perhaps it was always bound to happen, given that the entrepreneur had been designing clothes since his school days.</p> <p>&ldquo;After my education, I worked in a firm for just nine months, but ran back to my [fashion] studio and business because I missed it sorely,&rdquo; he laughs.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@elikemkuenyehia/elike-nkansa-architect-turned-fashion-designer-3d2bd309fa42"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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